Levaquin Levaquin 500, Pound Weights, Respirtory, Antibotic, Situp
Posted over a year ago
I am on Levaquin 500 now for what I was told was a respirtory infection, this is my 4th antibotic for the same problem. I am extremely sore and feel as if there are hundred pound weights on my ankles, it hurts to walk. My stomach is sore, my muscles are so ... more »
I am on Levaquin 500 now for what I was told was a respirtory infection, this is my 4th antibotic for the same problem. I am extremely sore and feel as if there are hundred pound weights on my ankles, it hurts to walk. My stomach is sore, my muscles are so tired, it hurts to situp. I am so lightheaded after taking this medicine, I feel ok before I take it but it all hits me at once after I have taken it. I have only been on Levaquin 4 days is this normal?
Dee67 - WOW, this sounds so similar to my symptoms. My ailment started out as a sore throat, then progressed to a headache then an awful nagging cough. I went to my doctor and he checked me out, my blood pressure was a bit elevated but my urine and my lungs were clear. I was running a low grade fever but nothing serious. He said it was probably just from post-nasal drip. He gave me Levaquin anyway in case I did have some kind of infection. The first day I took it...3 days ago....I felt like I had literally been beaten to death, it hurt to walk and I felt numb allover, that night I couldn't sleep, I kept having crazy thoughts and my legs were going wild and throbbing with pain. I finally managed to get to sleep but woke up drenched in sweat, my clothes and my side of the bed was as if someone had poured water on me. I have never in all my 40 years ever sweated like that. I am overwhelmed with hot flashes, even when I'm in an air conditioned place I feel like I'm on fire. I tried to go out shopping yesterday and it wore me out just walking from the car to the store. I mean I am a normal otherwise healthy 40 yr old woman here and shopping to me is the best fun in the world, but I was just too weak to even walk around in the store without leaning on the cart. I had my husband rub me down with Ben Gay last night and when he went over a spot in the middle of my back towards the right side...right under my bra strap it felt like I had been either shot or stabbed there...I actually screamed out when he just rubbed over it . I began feeling nauseas yesterday Still am today, even threw up this morning. I am taking myself off of this drug right now...too bad I did not read these posts until after I had already taken my dose today. No more for me.
~*Dee
Claudia0305 - I was prescribed Levaquin 750 for 5 days. It was the 4th antibiotic for a stubborn & very debilitating bronchial infection which prevented me from breathing sufficiently to walk 20 feet. I was careful to read everything I could find on quinolones after having a bad experience with a macrolide, azithromycin. I was not, however, warned to stay away from steroids & began Advair the next day. It was Day 3 that I began to notice I was in unusual pain - knee, neck, shoulder, etc. I had just moved my home & wondered if that was the cause. By Day 4, I was convinced it was the Levaquin. It did eliminate 1 specific bronchial infection, but the pain & sense of "illness" was alarming. It's 2 weeks since I completed the Levaquin & I pray I don't have to do it again. I still have joint pain, difficulty sleeping, agitation & malaise, along with thrush (which may be from the Advair). Hope none of us has to do this again. CMelder1
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